fodgel
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fodgel
1760–65; dialect ( Yorkshire ) fodge “a short, fat person” + -el adj. suffix
Example Sentences
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If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, O’ stature short, but genius bright, That’s he, mark weel— And wow! he has an unco slight O’ cauk and keel.
From Project Gutenberg
Collecting The Antiquities Of That Kingdom Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;— If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it: A chield's amang you takin notes, And, faith, he'll prent it: If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat fodgel wight, O' stature short, but genius bright, That's he, mark weel; And wow! he has an unco sleight O' cauk and keel.
From Project Gutenberg
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